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Hokusai
[hoh-kuh-sahy, hoh-kuh-sahy, haw-koo-sahy]
noun
Katsushika 1760–1849, Japanese painter and illustrator.
Hokusai
/ ˈhəʊkʊˌsaɪ, ˌhəʊkʊˈsaɪ /
noun
Katsushika (ˌkætsuːˈʃiːkə). 1760–1849, Japanese artist, noted for the draughtsmanship of his colour wood-block prints, which influenced the impressionists
Example Sentences
Elsewhere, he’s tried to cultivate “little moments of Lego”—a brick botanical arrangement on a cabinet, or Lego versions of famous paintings, such as Hokusai’s “The Great Wave,” incorporated into a gallery wall.
It was 2013, and Dr. Singh was enchanted by Hokusai’s view of the sacred mountain in Japan, central to each image in the artist’s series: sometimes dominant, sometimes in the background, but always present.
Behind him, towering posters advertised the priceless art on display a few stories up: Hokusai’s famous woodblock-printed “Wave,” next to a gigantic image of one of Alexander Calder’s lithe, colorful mobiles.
Years ago, she remounted eight of the artworks in the upcoming Hokusai show.
An exhibit of prints by Hokusai shows how he influenced artists as diverse as the Impressionists and Roy Lichtenstein, The Times’s Jason Farago writes.
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